re: Rebuild and Retain: New Orleans Pelicans

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realistic solutions

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There are 2 big questions to ask.

1) Are Gentry/Demps the right guys at the top

2) Is this roster salvagable or do you need to be aiming for Clean Slate 2017?

I really don't think we can judge Gentry until Pondexter returns and we get about 15-20 games with most of the "core". The brief glimpse we got of Tyreke/Asik/Gee said it all. Gentry had to choose between a wing defender on Harden or defense and rebounding down low, he chose Gee over Asik which was probably the right call, but if Pondexter had been available he could have had defense at both positions.

On top of that you had Gordon and Cole shooting you out of the game. If you could turn Gee into PJ Tucker and Cole into Anthony Morrow, does that change things drastically? Another good shooter in Morrow for the nights Gordon is off and 2 3 and D wings in QPon and Tucker so you can have Asik's interior defense and rebounding when you need to. As marginal as those moves sound, they solve a lot of problems this team has. Make those moves and if you don't start crushing the league then look at blowing up the roster and possibly the FO.